Lskm taught me many many more things like music and how to deal with children in foundation phase. It was not easy learning all those things but it was a meaningful  task. I managed to do take part in all the Assignments even though it was very hard. It is a module that is teaching us what to do what to do when we get in the field of work. It is preparing us to be the best teacher ever.

A lesson plan is a teacher’s daily guide for what students need to learn, how it will be taught, and how learning will be measured. Lesson plans help teachers be more effective in the classroom by providing a detailed outline to follow each class period. This ensures every bit of class time is spent teaching new concepts and having meaningful discussions. Lesson planning define lesson plan as : “Outline of the important points of a lesson arranged in the order in which they are to be presented to students by the teacher.  Lesson plans allow teachers to create learning objectives, organize and deliver course content, and plan and prepare learning activities and materials. It also outlines the type of informal or formal assessment methods teachers will use in their classrooms.

The most effective lesson plans have six key parts:

1. Lesson Objectives
2. Related Requirements
3. Lesson Materials
4. Lesson Procedure
5. Assessment Method
6. Lesson Reflection  

Arts integration differs from traditional education by its inclusion of both the arts discipline and a traditional subject as part of learning (e.g. using improvisational drama skills to learn about conflict in writing.) The goal of arts integration is to increase knowledge of a general subject area while concurrently fostering a greater understanding and appreciation of the fine and performing arts. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts defines arts integration as "an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form. Students engage in a creative process which connects an art form and another subject and meets evolving objectives in both Arts Integration is a teaching practice that integrates both art and non-art (for example, chemistry, trigonometry, history, literature) into the content of the classroom experience to enrich learning, excite and motivate students, and provide a well-rounded education.  Researchers and neuroscientists continue to provide validation and data that supports the merit of arts integrated teaching techniques. Many teachers, schools, and arts programs benefit from knowing the different ways the arts can be present in schools. Without making a distinction, opportunities can be missed, programs can lack clarity, or the arts can seem like something too unwieldy to incorporate. Making a distinction among the approaches can help narrow or focus objectives as well as help educators select the most appropriate approach based on their objectives.  

Music plays a very important part in our culture. When thinking about everyday life, music is present in a variety of social and educational activities. We listen to music on TV or when we go to the movies. Most governmental ceremonies include a component of music while we use songs to celebrate birthdays or to worship god. It is no surprise that parents use music instinctively to express joy, and to engage or calm their children. Exposure to music from early childhood onwards helps children to speak more clearly, develop a larger vocabulary, and strengthen social and emotional skills. The psychologist Howard Gardner already argued in 1983 that music intelligence is as important as logical and emotional intelligence. This is because music has the ability to strengthen the connection between the body and brain to work together as a team. For instance, when dancing and moving to music, children develop better motor skills whereas singing along to a song helps them to practice their singing voice. In general, the exposure to music supports children in their development process to learn the sound of tones and words.

Musical form is a general term for structures above the level of melody, harmony, and rhythm. There is not a general theory of form, but many examples of how music is organized into larger structures. Motives, Phrases, Melody, and Chord Sequences We combine sequences of pitches, usually played in a specific rhythm to form melody. There 6 concepts of music , Duration , Pitch ,Dynamics and Expressive Techniques ,Tone,  color ,Texture , Structure. 

Duration The way beats are grouped: time signatures. Classified as simple (eg 4/4, 3/4), compound (eg 6/8, 12/8), irregular (eg 5/4, 7/8), mixed meter, or no meter. The underlying pulse of music (strong or weak). Pitch 

Pitch Melody includes melodic contour and melodic movement ascending/descending, alternating, steps, skips, leaps – stepwise, scalic, (conjunct), chromatic, triadic, or angular (disjunct) – name the actual intervals and their scale. 

Expressive Techniques/Tone Color Examples of special instrumental and vocal techniques (these are common to both concepts above): STRINGS BRASS WINDS GUITARS VOICE DRUMS 

Tone Color See previous slide. How the sound is produced: materials (eg wood, metal, string ) production (eg hit, struck, scraped, plucked) acoustic/electronic . The effect of the overall tone color of all instruments combined: eg majestic, brilliant, mournful, ethereal . The sound quality of an instrument or voice: eg bright, dark, piercing, grating, raucous, sonorous, mellifluous, resonant, rich, reedy, honky, sweet. 

Texture How many layers (not how many instruments) are there in the music, and what are they? Describe the ROLE of each layer (eg melodic, chordal, rhythmic, accompaniment, countermelody. 

Structure The overall form of the music: eg ABA (ternary), AABB (binary), AABACA (rondo), sonata form, verse-chorus, theme and variations, 12 bar blues, strophic (eg school hymn), minuet and trio, or through-composed The structure on the smaller level: melodic phrase.

Holistic development and learning through music means that rhymes and rhythm activate various mental functions in kids at once. For example, kids instinctively move to the beats of music, activating their motor neurons. Some musical beats make them happy, triggering the brain’s emotional response. Music is a part of almost everyone’s daily lives. Nature has its very own music as well. Maybe this daily exposure is the reason why parents instinctively hum and sing different tunes and songs to their kids. Infants and toddlers find music to be soothing. Since the beginning of time, mothers have sung lullabies to their babies to calm them down. This strong effect of music is found not only in infants but children of all ages.

Music helps your children in the following ways:  

1. Improve lingual abilities 

2. Boost self esteem 

3. Communication Skills 

4. Development of the brain